Is my iPod Nano dead?

[Jimathy]

Gen 1 iPod Nano, when plugged into my mains USB charger just brings up a message saying "Use iTunes to restore".

Now if I plug it into my computer it freaks out and just keeps rebooting over and over and over in a continuous loop.

I've tried a reset by holding down the select and menu buttons to no avail.

Is it off to the great tech scrapheap in the sky?

Cheers.

 

[gumbald]

Got another computer to try resetting it on?

When mine was messing about, it would reset on a Mac but not on a PC. Turned out to be faulty flash memory on a brand new iPod, but could reset on different machines but not others.

 

[Jimathy]

I've come the conclusion that its definitely dead. Just looking at Apples Service options its going to cost £96 to have it replaced or £99 to buy a new one. Go figure

Thanks.

 

[Brando]

At least the new ones are a lot less prone to scratching and feel a lot nicer to use.... A small consideration to having to shell out £99 I know :/. You could also always ebay the broken nano to (claming it is broken etc). People seem to love broken apple stuff on ebay.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Leave it on until it drains the battery completely.

Then plug it in to iTunes and do a restore

 

[Jimathy]

At least the new ones are a lot less prone to scratching and feel a lot nicer to use.... A small consideration to having to shell out £99 I know :/. You could also always ebay the broken nano to (claming it is broken etc). People seem to love broken apple stuff on ebay.

Yeah a couple of years ago I sold a broken Dell laptop for £50, the guy picked it up and gave me cash, and it was only a PIII800, I've just seen a nano go for £30 + £7.50 postage!!! WTF

I also have a knackered Canon Ixus Camera.

Time to ebay all the broken stuff lying around here. Might go some way to paying for the iPhone I got last week

 

[Brando]

Yeah a couple of years ago I sold a broken Dell laptop for £50, the guy picked it up and gave me cash, and it was only a PIII800, I've just seen a nano go for £30 + £7.50 postage!!! WTF

I also have a knackered Canon Ixus Camera.

Time to ebay all the broken stuff lying around here. Might go some way to paying for the iPhone I got last week

My friend dropped a 4th gen ipod into a pint 3 days after he bought it...... His insurance company coughed up for a new one and never asked for the beer flavored one back. He ebayed it for £80 and a guy sent him pictures of how he'd got it working again . I guess it's true: one man's junk is another man's treasure.